Lesson Y8-U05-L05

Did Women Get the Vote Because of WW1 Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 11

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U05-L05, Did Women Get the Vote Because of WW1: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 11: Year 8: Suffrage, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the historical term 'causation' mean?

    • Why an event happened
    • Where a treaty was signed
    • Who won a battle
    • When an event occurred

  2. What were munitions in the context of the First World War?

    • Medical supplies
    • Rationed food
    • Military uniforms
    • Weapons and ammunition

  3. What was a property qualification in British voting history?

    • Holding a university degree
    • Being born in Britain
    • Owning or renting property
    • Paying income tax

  4. By 1914, how long had the campaign for votes for women been running?

    • About 10 years
    • Nearly 50 years
    • About 100 years
    • About 20 years

  5. About how many women worked in munitions during the First World War?

    • About 90,000
    • About 9 million
    • About 900,000
    • About 9,000

  6. What action did the WSPU take when the First World War began in 1914?

    • Created a political party
    • Stepped up protests
    • Suspended militant campaign
    • Fled the country

  7. Why did Parliament have to change voting laws for men after WW1?

    • Soldiers lost voting rights
    • The King demanded reform
    • Men went on strike
    • Taxes were too high

  8. Which politician, once an opponent of votes for women, said women had 'earned' a say?

    • Emmeline Pankhurst
    • Millicent Fawcett
    • Coventry Patmore
    • Herbert Asquith

  9. Who replaced Asquith as Prime Minister in December 1916?

    • David Lloyd George
    • Millicent Fawcett
    • Emmeline Pankhurst
    • King Edward VII

  10. Which countries introduced women's suffrage before Britain did?

    • France and Germany
    • USA and Canada
    • Russia and Italy
    • New Zealand and Australia

  11. From which decade could women vote and stand in local council elections in Britain?

    • The 1830s
    • The 1950s
    • The 1890s
    • The 1900s

  12. Who gained the parliamentary vote under the Representation of the People Act 1918?

    • All adult women
    • Working class men
    • Soldiers under twenty
    • Women over thirty

  13. Which group of women was excluded by the 1918 Representation of the People Act?

    • All under thirty
    • Married women
    • Working class women
    • Women without property

  14. Roughly how many women gained the vote under the 1918 Act?

    • About 84 million
    • About 840,000
    • About 8.4 million
    • About 8.4 thousand

  15. Why was the 1918 Act result described as odd regarding war work?

    • Workers were too young
    • Women refused jobs
    • Wages were too low
    • Men did more work

  16. What did the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 achieve for women in Britain?

    • Exclusive female parliament
    • Immediate full equality
    • Equal voting age
    • Compulsory voting rights

  17. About how long after the First World War did the Equal Franchise Act of 1928 come?

    • About one year
    • About thirty years
    • About ten years
    • About three years

  18. How did the First World War affect the campaign for women's suffrage?

    • Provided the opportunity
    • Started the campaign
    • Ended all opposition
    • Created the demand

  19. What was the main tactic of Millicent Fawcett's National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies?

    • Arson attacks
    • Window smashing
    • Peaceful lobbying
    • Hunger strikes

  20. What was a long-term cause of women's suffrage predating the First World War?

    • Local election voting
    • Trade union strikes
    • The 1911 census boycott
    • Factory employment laws

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